Risk factors for melanoma by body for whites

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1241-1244

  Cho, Eunyoung ^a   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR CANCER PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CAUCASIAN; HAIR COLOR; HEAD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEG; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MELANOMA; NECK; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUNBURN; TRUNK;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SUNBURN; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 18544379469     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-04-0632     Document Type: Article

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